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' UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

GUSTAVUS REIN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO TIIE AMERICAN ROLL `APAPER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

ROLL-PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 441,381, dated November 25, 1890. Application filed November 18, 1889. Serial No. 330,688. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, GUsTAvUs REIN, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Roll-Paper Holders and Cutters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.`

Figure I is a side elevation of my improved device.- Fig. II is an end view. Fig. III is a detail View taken on line III III, Fig. I.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a suitable base, to which are secured standards 2 for supporting a roll of paper 3. The roll `has journals 4., fitting in slots 5, made in the standards 2. The standards have inclines 6 at their upper ends and are slotted, as shown in Fig. II. These inclines are oblique to the roll and are preferably formed by extending the standards 2, as shown.

7 is a knife resting on the roll of paper, with perforated ends 8, as shown in Fig. III. Through these perforations passes a spiral spring 9, to the ends of which are secured rollers l0, that ride on the outer surface of the. inclines 5.

The operation is as follows: The roll of paper is first inserted and then the spring carrying the knife is adjusted to its position, be-

ing stretched beyond its normal condition and held expanded by the rollers 1l fitting against the inclines 6. As the size of the roll of paper decreases, the rollers ride down the inclines, against which they are held by the spring, and consequently the knife is carried down and adjusted automatically to suit the size of the roll of paper.

I claim as my inventionl. In a roll-paper holder and cutter, the

liqne to the roll, a knife, and a spring held in action by the inclines, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a roll-paper holder and cutter, the combination of the standards having i nclines, a spring carrying a knife held against the roll of paper by means of the tension of the spring, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3.v In a roll-paper holder and cutter, the combination of t-he standards having slotted inclines, a spring fitting in the slots of the inclines, knife carried by the spring, and rollers on the outer ends of the springs bearing against said inclines, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

GUSTAVUS REIN.

E. S. KNIGHT, THos. KNIGHT.

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